Takata
Nonetheless, I'm sticking with the impact description provided by the BEA and I can't see why such a description would imply a mandatory "deep stalled" attitude ; the vertical vector may also be due to inertia. There is no description of an excessive pitch rate at sea level (alpha Max should be well above 35° if she had some thrust remaining). Without much more details provided, it may look also like a CFIT attitude to me.
Hi Takata,
I have looked at that concept of the accident and rejected it for energy considerations. From the available evidence, AF447 hit with considerably more vertical velocity than horizontal velocity. But the total velocity seems to be a bit lower than I would expect from a CFIT event on a no flap aircraft. Now that is strictly a judgement call on my part, and I could be proved wrong when they present the data recovered from the FDRs.
I do have as a basis for judgement, however, a comparable military accident where I participated in the accident investigation. But it still comes down to a judgement call. The total energy of the aircraft appears to have been too low for a CFIT event in my estimation. All that is then left is a deep stall.